Police return kids to buyers
By Pan Zheng |
June 14, 2011, Tuesday
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SOME 29 children from Yunnan, Sichuan and Shandong provinces, rescued by police after being sold by their families, were returned to live with the people who bought them because their real parents have not been found, the Shandong Business News reported.
Police in Shandong's Liao-cheng City recently smashed two gangs which sold babies, resulting in 45 people being brought to trial and receiving sentences ranging from life in prison to 18 months in jail.
However, police admit they sent the 29 children back to their buyers to prevent them from being homeless, as their parents have not been found.
"We had no choice," said Yin Guangguo, the team leader of Liaocheng Criminal Police. "It's the best home we can find these kids for now."
Yin said some women in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces sell their children to make a living. They are paid between 5,000 (US$771) and 6,000 yuan by brokers, who then sell the babies to buyers for 40,000 yuan for a boy and 20,000 for a girl. "For those parents, it's just like selling cats and dogs," Yin said.
While police can trace parents through DNA or parents' reports, often information left with brokers is false and sometimes the natural parents don't want their children.
"Buyers who treated the child well won't face criminal punishment," a policeman involved in the case named Hao Yang told the newspaper.
However, legal experts fear this policy could give the impression that buying children will not lead to punishment.
Police in Shandong's Liao-cheng City recently smashed two gangs which sold babies, resulting in 45 people being brought to trial and receiving sentences ranging from life in prison to 18 months in jail.
However, police admit they sent the 29 children back to their buyers to prevent them from being homeless, as their parents have not been found.
"We had no choice," said Yin Guangguo, the team leader of Liaocheng Criminal Police. "It's the best home we can find these kids for now."
Yin said some women in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces sell their children to make a living. They are paid between 5,000 (US$771) and 6,000 yuan by brokers, who then sell the babies to buyers for 40,000 yuan for a boy and 20,000 for a girl. "For those parents, it's just like selling cats and dogs," Yin said.
While police can trace parents through DNA or parents' reports, often information left with brokers is false and sometimes the natural parents don't want their children.
"Buyers who treated the child well won't face criminal punishment," a policeman involved in the case named Hao Yang told the newspaper.
However, legal experts fear this policy could give the impression that buying children will not lead to punishment.
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